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...months ago, General Fazlollah Zahedi, Iran's new Premier, emerged from hiding into Teheran's riotous streets to begin a race. He had exactly $45 million worth of time-a gift from the U.S.-to get Iran back into oil production and onto a stable basis. Zahedi popped the $45 million into the Bank Melli as Account No. 30824 and set to work...
Last week Account No. 30824 held only enough cash to last until mid-April, but Fazlollah Zahedi seemed to be winning the race. At home, the job of choosing the new Majlis was going well-for the Premier. Seventy-seven deputies have been elected so far, every one of them pro-Zahedi...
Last week, 14 months after impetuous Mohammed Mossadegh broke diplomatic relations with the British, his successor, General Fazlollah Zahedi. resumed them. Added London: the two nations "will proceed at the earliest mutually agreed moment to negotiate a settlement of the oil dispute...
...stay closed." Overhead, gangs of Dadsetan's men, armed with crowbars and picks, ripped up nearly 500 feet of masonry covering shops and booths, exposing them to the elements and to thieves. This was too much for the bazaarites; they trooped to the office of the Premier, General Fazlollah Zahedi, and raised their hands in supplication while their leader cried: "We surrender. We will not do it again...
...Premier Fazlollah Zahedi's purpose in publishing these disastrous totals was to hint at his desire to settle with the British and restart the oil industry, "the main source of income in the Iranian nation." In explosively chauvinistic Iran, such ideas have to be gingerly phrased: "It is impossible to carry on national reforms without a solution of the oil problem . . . This government hopes to take efficient steps toward exploiting this resource...